2019–20 EFL League One

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Southend United
(3 December 2019)[6]
Total attendance1,809,590[2]
Average attendance8,576[2]
All statistics correct as of 18 January 2020.

The 2019–20 EFL League One (referred to as the

Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th season of Football League One
under its current title and the 28th season under its current league division format.

Newly promoted

Financially troubled Bolton Wanderers entered administration and had been threatened with expulsion but were saved in a buy-out on 28 August.[8][9] Bolton failed to fulfil their fixture against Doncaster Rovers on 20 August. They called off the game 26 hours before kick off without informing the EFL nor Doncaster, claiming concerns over younger players' welfare.[10][11] On 21 November, they were issued with a five-point deduction suspended for 18 months in relation to the Doncaster postponement, as well as a postponement in the 2018–19 season against Brentford in the Championship.[12]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was temporarily suspended on 13 March.[13] On 3 April 2020, this suspension was extended indefinitely.[14]

On 9 June, clubs voted to curtail the season, meaning the final table would be calculated by a points-per-game method with the play-offs being played behind closed doors.[15]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.

Stadiums

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Accrington Stanley Accrington Crown Ground 5,057
AFC Wimbledon London (Kingston upon Thames)
Kingsmeadow
4,850
Blackpool Blackpool Bloomfield Road 17,338
Bolton Wanderers Horwich
University of Bolton Stadium
28,723
Bristol Rovers Bristol Memorial Stadium 12,300
Burton Albion Burton upon Trent Pirelli Stadium 6,912
Coventry City Birmingham St Andrew's[16] 29,409
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster
Keepmoat Stadium
15,231
Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Highbury Stadium 5,327
Gillingham Gillingham Priestfield Stadium 11,582
Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30,311
Lincoln City Lincoln Sincil Bank 10,120
Milton Keynes Dons Milton Keynes Stadium MK 30,500
Oxford United Oxford Kassam Stadium 12,500
Peterborough United Peterborough London Road Stadium 15,314
Portsmouth Portsmouth Fratton Park 19,669
Rochdale Rochdale Spotland Stadium 10,500
Rotherham United Rotherham New York Stadium 12,021
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury New Meadow 9,875
Southend United Southend-on-Sea Roots Hall 12,392
Sunderland Sunderland Stadium of Light 49,000
Tranmere Rovers Birkenhead Prenton Park 16,789
Wycombe Wanderers High Wycombe Adams Park 10,137

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Manager1 Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Accrington Stanley England John Coleman Republic of Ireland Seamus Conneely Adidas Wham
AFC Wimbledon Wales Glyn Hodges England Will Nightingale Puma Sports Interactive
Blackpool England Neil Critchley England Jay Spearing Erreà Blackpool Council (home: "VisitBlackpool.com"; away: "Get Vocal")
Bolton Wanderers England Keith Hill England Jason Lowe Infinity Apparel Home Bargains
Bristol Rovers England Ben Garner England Ollie Clarke Macron Utilita Energy[17]
Burton Albion England Jake Buxton England Jake Buxton TAG Prestec UK Ltd[18]
Coventry City England Mark Robins Scotland Liam Kelly Hummel Allsopp & Allsopp
Doncaster Rovers Jamaica Darren Moore England Ben Whiteman Elite Pro Sports LNER
Fleetwood Town England Joey Barton Scotland Paul Coutts Hummel BES Utilities
Gillingham Scotland Steve Evans Germany Max Ehmer Macron MEMS Power Generation
Ipswich Town Scotland Paul Lambert England Luke Chambers Adidas Magical Vegas
Lincoln City England Michael Appleton Republic of Ireland Lee Frecklington Erreà SRP Hire Solutions [19]
Milton Keynes Dons Scotland Russell Martin England Dean Lewington Erreà Suzuki
Oxford United England Karl Robinson England John Mousinho Puma
Singha Beer
Peterborough United Scotland Darren Ferguson England Mark Beevers Nike Mick George
Portsmouth Wales Kenny Jackett England Brett Pitman Nike University of Portsmouth
Rochdale Republic of Ireland Brian Barry-Murphy Northern Ireland Callum Camps Erreà
Crown Oil Ltd
Rotherham United England Paul Warne England Richard Wood Puma Embark Group (Home), Mears (Away & 3rd)
Shrewsbury Town Wales Sam Ricketts Wales David Edwards Admiral Tuffins Supermarkets (Home), Shropshire Homes (Away)
Southend United England Sol Campbell Australia Mark Milligan Nike Paddy Power (unbranded) 2
Sunderland England Phil Parkinson England Grant Leadbitter Adidas Children with Cancer UK
Tranmere Rovers Scotland Micky Mellon England Scott Davies Puma
Essar
Wycombe Wanderers England Gareth Ainsworth England Matt Bloomfield O'Neills Cherry Red Records (Home),[20] Dormeo (Away)

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Gillingham England Mark Patterson End of caretaker spell 4 May 2019 Pre-season Scotland Steve Evans[21] 21 May 2019
Bury England Ryan Lowe[22] Signed by Plymouth Argyle 5 June 2019 England Paul Wilkinson[23] 2 July 2019
Doncaster Rovers Northern Ireland Grant McCann[24] Signed by Hull City 21 June 2019 Jamaica Darren Moore[25] 10 July 2019
Blackpool England Terry McPhillips[26] End of contract 5 July 2019 England Simon Grayson[27] 6 July 2019
Bolton Wanderers England Phil Parkinson[28] Resigned 21 August 2019 23rd England Keith Hill[29] 31 August 2019
Southend United England Kevin Bond[30] 6 September 2019 22nd England Sol Campbell[31] 22 October 2019
Lincoln City England Danny Cowley[32] Signed by Huddersfield Town 9 September 2019 5th England Michael Appleton[33] 20 September 2019
Sunderland Scotland Jack Ross[34] Sacked 8 October 2019 6th England Phil Parkinson[35] 17 October 2019
AFC Wimbledon
England Wally Downes[36] Mutual consent 20 October 2019 21st Wales Glyn Hodges[37][38] 23 October 2019
Milton Keynes Dons England Paul Tisdale[39] 2 November 2019 Scotland Russell Martin[40] 3 November 2019
Bristol Rovers Republic of Ireland Graham Coughlan[41] Signed by Mansfield Town 17 December 2019 4th England Ben Garner[42] 23 December 2019
Blackpool England Simon Grayson[43] Sacked 12 February 2020 15th England Neil Critchley[44] 2 March 2020
Burton Albion England Nigel Clough[45] Resigned 18 May 2020 12th England Jake Buxton[45] 18 May 2020

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Coventry City (C, P) 34 18 13 3 48 30 +18 67 1.97 Promotion to the EFL Championship
2 Rotherham United (P) 35 18 8 9 61 38 +23 62 1.77
3 Wycombe Wanderers (O, P) 34 17 8 9 45 40 +5 59 1.74 Qualification for League One play-offs[a]
4 Oxford United 35 17 9 9 61 37 +24 60 1.71
5 Portsmouth 35 17 9 9 53 36 +17 60 1.71
6 Fleetwood Town 35 16 12 7 51 38 +13 60 1.71
7 Peterborough United 35 17 8 10 68 40 +28 59 1.69
8 Sunderland 36 16 11 9 48 32 +16 59 1.64
9 Doncaster Rovers 34 15 9 10 51 33 +18 54 1.59
10 Gillingham 35 12 15 8 42 34 +8 51 1.46
11 Ipswich Town 36 14 10 12 46 36 +10 52 1.44
12 Burton Albion 35 12 12 11 50 50 0 48 1.37
13 Blackpool 35 11 12 12 44 43 +1 45 1.29
14 Bristol Rovers 35 12 9 14 38 49 −11 45 1.29
15 Shrewsbury Town 34 10 11 13 31 42 −11 41 1.21
16 Lincoln City 35 12 6 17 44 46 −2 42 1.20
17 Accrington Stanley 35 10 10 15 47 53 −6 40 1.14
18 Rochdale 34 10 6 18 39 57 −18 36 1.06
19 Milton Keynes Dons 35 10 7 18 36 47 −11 37 1.06
20 AFC Wimbledon 35 8 11 16 39 52 −13 35 1.00
21 Tranmere Rovers (R) 34 8 8 18 36 60 −24 32 0.94 Relegation to EFL League Two
22 Southend United (R) 35 4 7 24 39 85 −46 19 0.54
23 Bolton Wanderers (R) 34 5 11 18 27 66 −39 14[b] 0.41[b]
24 Bury (D, R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 −12[c] [c] Club expelled
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending-off offences[49]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.
  2. ^ Bolton Wanderers deducted 12 points for entering administration.[46]
  3. ^ Bury deducted 12 points for entering into an insolvency event, before later being expelled from the EFL on 27 August 2019. At the time of their expulsion, they had played no matches.[47][48]

Play-offs

Semi-finals final
        
3 Wycombe Wanderers 4 2 6
6 Fleetwood Town 1 2 3
3 Wycombe Wanderers 2
4 Oxford United 1
4 Oxford United 1 1 2 (5)
5 Portsmouth 1 1 2 (4)

Results

Home \ Away ACC WIM BLP BOL BRI BRT COV DON FLE GIL IPS LIN MKD OXF PET POR
ROC
ROT SHR STD SUN TRA WYC
Accrington Stanley 2–1 1–1 7–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 4–3 2–1 2–2 0–2 4–1 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–2 1–3 1–2
AFC Wimbledon 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 a 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0
Blackpool 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–3 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–1 4–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–1
Bolton Wanderers 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–4 0–0 2–1 0–5 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 0–2
Bristol Rovers 3–3 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 4–2 2–0 2–0 0–0
Burton Albion 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 4–2
Coventry City 0–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1
Doncaster Rovers 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–2 3–1
Fleetwood Town 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1
Gillingham 1–2 2–2 5–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–0
Ipswich Town 4–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 4–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–4 0–2 3–0 1–1 4–1 0–0
Lincoln City 2–0 1–0 5–1 0–1 3–2 2–0 0–0 5–3 1–1 0–6 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 4–0 2–0 1–0
MK Dons 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–4 3–1 2–1 2–3 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 2–0
Oxford United 3–0 5–0 2–1 2–4 3–3 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–0
Peterborough United 4–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–3 1–3 0–0 2–2 2–0 4–0 2–0 6–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 4–0
Portsmouth 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–3 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 3–2 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–0
Rochdale
2–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–3 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–3 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–3
Rotherham United 1–0 2–2 2–1 6–1 3–0 3–2 4–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 4–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1
Shrewsbury Town 0–2 3–4 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 4–3 1–0 2–3
Southend United 0–1 1–4 1–3 3–1 2–3 0–2 1–7 3–3 0–1 1–3 2–1 2–2 0–4 0–2 0–3 2–2 0–0
Sunderland 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 5–0 4–0
Tranmere Rovers 1–1 1–0 1–1 5–0 0–0 2–1 1–4 0–3 2–2 1–2 2–2 0–2 2–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–2
Wycombe Wanderers 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–4 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 3–2 3–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–3 1–0 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. Source: EFL Official Website
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 10 March 2020[50]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Ivan Toney Peterborough United 24
2 Ivory Coast Armand Gnanduillet Blackpool 15
England Ian Henderson Rochdale
Republic of Ireland Paddy Madden Fleetwood Town
5 Sudan Mohamed Eisa Peterborough United 14
England Matt Godden Coventry City
England Freddie Ladapo Rotherham United
England Tyler Walker Lincoln City
9 England Jonson Clarke-Harris Bristol Rovers 13
England Matty Taylor Oxford United
11
James Henry
Oxford United 12

Hat-tricks

As of 1 January 2020
Player For Against Result Date Ref
Scotland Scott Fraser Burton Albion Oxford United 4–2 (A) 20 August 2019 [51]
Scotland Chris Maguire Sunderland AFC Wimbledon 3–1 (H) 24 August 2019 [52]
Wales Joe Jacobson Wycombe Wanderers Lincoln City 3–1 (H) 7 September 2019 [53]
England Ivan Toney Peterborough United Rochdale 6–0 (H) 14 September 2019 [54]
England Tariqe Fosu Oxford United Lincoln City 6–0 (A) 21 September 2019 [55]
Finland Marcus Forss AFC Wimbledon Southend United 4–1 (A) 12 October 2019 [56]
Republic of Ireland Paddy Madden Fleetwood Town Burton Albion 4–1 (H) 19 October 2019 [57]
England Rushian Hepburn-Murphy Tranmere Rovers Milton Keynes Dons 3–1 (A) 2 November 2019 [58]
England Matt Godden Coventry City Wycombe Wanderers 4–1 (A) 29 December 2019 [59]
England Matt Godden Coventry City Tranmere Rovers 4–1 (A) 1 January 2020 [60]

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